Wind-shield for automobiles.



A. U. FREMONT.

WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1911.

1,078,376. Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALPHONSE U. FREMONT, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WIND-SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed January 14, 1911.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALPHONSE U. PRE- MONT, a British subject, andresident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVVind Shields for Automobiles, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

One object of this invention is to provide a wind shield for automobilesand other vehicles which is not only entirely efficient and desirable,but is extremely simple and inexpensive of construction. And anotherobject is to so construct the device or appliance that itmay be quicklyand easily converted into a storm front for the vehicle.

The invention comprises in combination with the body of a vehicle havinga dash board, a yoke shaped frame pivotally connected on the body nearthe base of the dash board and normally upwardly and rearwardlyinclined, and a storm shield of flexible material connected to the dashboard and extending from the upper edge thereof to, and connected withthe upper portion of the pivoted yoke shaped frame, all whereby theupwardly and rearwardly inclined wind shield may be forwardly swung sothat when a person is about to take his place upon the seat the devicemay be temporarily disposed in a non-obstructing position.

The invent-ion, furthermore, consists in certain combinations andarrangements of parts to be hereinafter set forth.

The invention is described in conjunction with the accompanying drawingsand is de fined in the claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile having atop and Showing my improved Wind shield thereon; Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the machine with the wind shield thereon; Figs. 3 and i areviews illustrating details of construction hereinafter referred to.

In the drawings, A represents the body of an automobile, of which E isthe dash board and C represents a yoke shaped frame having oppositemembers thereof in substantially vertical planes and composed ofextensible sections with means for confining them in their contracted orextended relations. The opposite members of the yoke shaped frame arepivotally connected as indicated at a to the body of the vehicleSpecification of Letters Patent.

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near the dash-board and also near the flooring of the body.

The yoke shaped frame C has normally a rearward and upward inclinationabout as indicated in Fig. 1, so that, at all times its cross member orleg uniting portion thereof is somewhat higher than the dashboard, butbelow the natural position of the head of the occupants of the seat.

D represents the storm shield which is made of flexible material,connected to the dash-board and extending from the upper edge of thelatter to, and connected with, the upper transverse ortion of thepivoted yoke shaped frame This storm shield may be made of leather,rubber, cloth, or any of the fabrics suitable therefor, and itpreferably has panes b b of transparent material such as flexiblecelluloid.

As specifically constructed, the yoke shaped frame C includes a pair oftubular sections (Z (Z connected by the pivot a to brackets f screwed orbolted on the body. Each bracket comprises an attachment portion or footpiece f and a barrel portion f terminating in ear lugs f",each barrelcontaining a catch bolt 5 and a projecting spring h therefor. Thetubular sections (Z d have in their edge portions adjacent their pivotseach a catch notch i, as indicated in Fig. 3; and the upper extremity ofeach tubular section 01 is split, 7' representing the kerfs by which itis rendered constrictive and being externally tapered and having screwthreads 70 for the reception thereon of the nut in, provision is thusmade for a clamping bind of the other sections 0 0 or leg like portionsof the bow shaped part which constitutes the upper part of theextensible and contractible yoke.

Side aprons may be employed of any size and character, and a form ofside apron is represented in the present drawing by the letter G.

The yoke shaped frame C normally in the inclined position indicated inFig. 1, and free or unlocked at the pivoted lower extremities thereof,permits a peculiar automatic action of the wind shield when affected byhead on wind pressures of varying intensities,that is, while travelingthe impingement of the wind against the front of the wind shield willcause a. bellying of the flexible material and incidentally therewith aforward tilting of the yoke frame, more or less in proportion to thewind force, and thus an effective scoop is provided for the deflectionof the Wind upwardly and rear- Wardly over the head of the rider.

Of course, it is apparent that when the rider wishes to enter or leavethe seat, the device may be swung forwardly. Vhen swung forwardly, theyoke frame may be re tained by the catch bolt having its conical orbeveled point in engagement in the afore mentioned catch notch z; andWhile the bolt and notch constitute in a sense a locking means for theyoke frame, such locking means is not of such positive character that itmay not be overcome for release Without manipulation of theinterengaging parts, by the exercise of force manually applied to theyoke frame.

At times when the device is to be utilized as a wind shield it is onlynecessary to swing the yoke frame to its vertical position and move theupper section of such frame upwardly sufiiciently far to carry the thenvertically disposed flexible front D to a taut condition, the looseningand tightening of the nuts m being necessary, as manifest.

I claim The combination with the body of a vehicle having a dash-board,of a pair of,

brackets secured at opposite sides of the body near the base of thedash-board and each comprising a barrel member formed with a boretherein opening to the upper end thereof, and having upwardly extendingopposing ear lugs, and said barrel having a catch bolt and abolt-projecting spring therein, a pair of tubular sections provided.with circular edged hinge members disposed between said ear lugs, andpivoted thereto, having edge portions thereof adjacent the pivotprovided with catch notches, and said tubular sections having theirupper end portions longitudinally split, externally tapered and screwthreaded and having constricting nuts thereon, further sectionstelescopically engaged in the pivoted sections and having a cross memberuniting their upper end portions, and a storm shield of flexiblematerial extending from the upper edge of the dashboard to, andconnected with, said sectionuniting cross member.

Signed by me at Springfield, Mam, in presence of two subscribingWitnesses.

ALPHONSE U. FREMONT. W itnesses WM. S. BELLOWS, G. R. DRISCOLL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

